Jeff Quinton

Welcome to FriendFeed! - Brian Newman

But you don't have to fully identify as a Republican if you aren't happy with the party. (I think the primary system is crazy after working the polls on two primaries.) I often don't vote for offices if I am unhappy with the candidates. Living in CA this means I don't vote for Feinstein and I usually don't vote for Pres. I support democracy, which is why I'm a poll worker. I just hate the parties we have. - kε̄ndRæk

Shawn, I really with we could get rid of the two party system. I don't generally vote a straight party ticket. - JMakesAwesomeSauce

I love boxers. Always have. - Mattb4rd

Carmen, thanks for the link. I never knew that room existed. Bruno is a stud, congrats on his 5th Birthday! - Mike Fruchter

Thanks! You (and your cuties) are more than welcome to the room. I just heard about it myself about a week ago. - Carmen

Friends don't let friends drink and derive. - Jack Carlson

in case of emergency, break glass - Kim

Nice - David Cook

Great info on Powers here: http://www.americanthinker.com... - Charles LePage

that brings up a very interesting point Igor. Obama's infrastructure is so new it is hard to say it is a good thing, but if he were to lose and bring that system into the argument four years from now... would you vote for him? I'm not sure at this point experience is the issue any more. I think the choices he has made are beginning to solidify and it isn't so much that I see naivete, but rather I don't like the people he wants to represent. I don't see him caring about the middle class he says he does. - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ

I still keep cracking up every time I watch this video... she's kind of sexy, kind of gender defying and also a complete nut job all at once - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ

After landing at the Atlanta airport for a security conference, Mitnick was detained for four hours for reasons still not fully explained. To make matters worse, while customs officials in Atlanta were busy inspecting his cell phone, laptop, and luggage, police in Bogota were ripping open a package he had mailed to his U.S. address on suspicion that it contained cocaine. The simultaneous incidents gave Mitnick deja vu of his days as a fugitive pursued by the FBI for breaking into computer networks, only this time, he hadn't broken any laws. - Leo Laporte

"Veteran actor James Earl Jones is to be honoured with the Screen Actors Guild's lifetime achievement award for his career accomplishments." - Abby Martin via Bookmarklet

"Our opponent ... is palling around with terrorists ... this is not a man who sees America as you see America and as I see America." - Anthony Citrano

Let's ask ask Palin if -- as a neo-Pentecostal -- she really believes members of her church might have a "word" for her from the Lord. If so, would she obey a prophecy to, say, attack Venezuela? If it can be the Lord's will to build an oil pipeline, how about securing Venezuelan offshore platforms? - Chris Baskind

JustMakeSoup: I'm just putting it into perspective. Obama's association with Ayers is a non-issue as well, and yet for some reason it gets air time, while we hear not a peep about the Palins' association with Vogler. I say, fair is fair. Where's the denunciation, then? - Victor Ganata

"Early voting is taking place in Ohio. Through the end of the week, people can register and vote on the same day. The Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner argues that they are merely "casting their ballot" rather than "voting" so the fact that Ohio statute requires 30 days between registering and voting would not interfere. So here is what is happening today. People are showing up to register and vote. There is no affirmative evidence that these people have not registered or voted somewhere else. There is no control. Normally in an election, partisan election monitors are allowed into polling places so that they can police each other. But not in two counties, Franklin and Montgomery, in Ohio. Brunner also issued an advisory opinion to counties saying that they are not required to allow election monitors." - Soulhuntre via Bookmarklet

Whatever side you ae on, this should worry you. - Soulhuntre via twhirl

I hope she gets lots of air-time for her comments - Craig Eddy

That Donnatella Versaci and female muppet musician mix just kinda creeps me out, a little. - Mavericks of Troy, NV!

@Daynah... it hard to tell which one in the Muppet eh? - Chris Rivait

Who came first, Versaci or the Muppet? OMF! - ※Fu※

Here's a little story I've got to tell..... - Jeremy Brooks

Exactly. Apparently "No child left behind" has come to mean "promote them no matter what". - Nine (sawsome aus)

The teachers are not generally the problem. Schools that are afraid of their students will pass them along for their teacher safety. Schools that are not afraid of their students generally hate that they have to pass students who are not performing. It's next to impossible to make someone repeat a grade now. A point to remember though, there are generally three paths through public high school: college prep, unskilled labor (McJob) prep, & semi-skilled labor (mechanic) prep. - xero

Part of the conveyor belt problem - if your tests are too rigorous, and you "fail" to pass your students, you get a failing grade and lose your federal funding. Some states have lowered their standards (TX) so that they can keep their funding. Others (WA) are resisting this, and getting punished for it. High graduation rate should be desirable as an indicator that kids are getting educated, not the end in and of itself, but people like easy numbers. - Jennifer Dittrich

"Tourists crossing a new bridge built across Venice's Grand Canal have stumbled across a possible flaw, which has landed 10 of them in casualty with twisted ankles and other minor injuries. The 10 tourists were treated after taking a tumble on the 94-metre long Constitution Bridge, designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, which opened on September 11." - RAPatton via Bookmarklet

Really nic - Arash

Ow. :( - Alix Whitmire

"According to Variety, Marvel Studios has entered into negotiations with director Kenneth Branagh to helm the adventures of their Asgardian hero. No distributor has been chosen for the self-financed project." - RAPatton